AGICHEM 2017 6th to 9th of August 2017 Anglo-German Inorganic Chemistry Meeting Göttingen Georg-August-University Göttingen 1 Imprint Editing: Alexander N. Paesch, Hendrik Schwenson, Anne Kreyenschmidt, Daniel Lüert, Heike Tappe Design: Alexander N. Paesch Copyright Design: “Geometrische Blau Business Trifold” by freepik, CC-BY. Copyright Pictures: “Göttinger Gänseliesel” by Soenke Rahn, Soenke Rahn, CC- BY-SA; “Alte Mensa Nacht” by Georg August University Göttingen, CC-BY; “Stadtkarte” by Georg August University Göttingen, CC-BY. 2 Table of Contents 1. Welcome .............................................................................................................. 5 2. Map of Göttingen ................................................................................................. 6 3. Plenary Speakers ................................................................................................. 7 4. Oral Contributions .............................................................................................. 19 5. Poster Abstracts ................................................................................................. 47 6. List of Participants ............................................................................................ 133 7. Hosts ................................................................................................................ 143 8. Sponsoring ....................................................................................................... 144 3 4 1. Welcome The AGICHEM 2017 in Göttingen is the 10th conference of the bilateral Anglo- German inorganic chemistry meeting, founded in 1991 by the esteemed colleagues Michael Lappert, Brighton and Heinrich Nöth, München. The conference aims to amalgamate international high-profilers and young scientists in inorganic chemistry to facilitate active exchange of the latest results and promote visibility of our discipline. In times of increasing political segregation, this is particularly important, because chemistry provides general answers to global problems. Accessibility and exchange of scientific value as well as multilateral funding of increasingly expensive challenges are basic conditions to tackle today’s trials like sustainable energy, food supply and mobility. In this respect, I am particularly grateful to all British and German colleagues for having accepted the invitation to come to Göttingen and share their latest results. This meeting would not have materialized without the help of the GDCh Wöhler- Vereinigung and the RSC Dalton Division. The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and der Verband der Chemischen Industrie shared the abovementioned approach and funded the meeting. Various industrial sponsors contributed to facilitate the pleasant atmosphere at the brand-new down-town convention centre “Alte Mensa”. Last but not least, I am much obliged to all my staff and students working very hard to make AGICHEM 2017 a successful meeting. My secretary, Frau Heike Tappe, stands for all the others behind the scene taking care of a smooth event. Göttingen, August 2017 Dietmar Stalke 5 2. Map of Göttingen 1 1 Legend: 1: Conference Hall “Alte Mensa” 2: Central Station 3: Historical Town Hall / “Gänse Liesel” 4: Central Campus 6 3. Plenary Speakers Monday, Time Speaker August 7th 09:00 Prof. Dr. David Scheschkewitz, Universität des Saarlandes, (SB) PhD in chemistry from the Philipps-University of Marburg (1999) Postdoctoral stints in the laboratories of Professor Guy Bertrand (Paul Sabatier-University of Toulouse and University of California at Riverside) and Professor Grützmacher (ETH Zürich) Habilitation in the laboratories of Prof. Holger Braunschweig at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg Senior Lecturer Imperial College London in 2008 2011 Chair of General and Inorganic Chemistry at the Saar-University His main interests concern 1) the transfer of Si=Si moieties to conjugated organic systems and studies of their chemical, physical and optical properties, 2) unsaturated yet stable small silicon clusters as well as 3) low-valent silicon-based ligands for transition metal complexes. 09:30 Prof. Simon Aldridge, The Queen’s College, University of Oxford Undergraduate and doctoral degrees in chemistry at Jesus College, Oxford for seven years Two years in the USA as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Notre Dame Research fellow at Imperial College London First academic post at Cardiff University in 1998 Returned to Oxford in 2007 to take up current position at Queen’s His research interests are broadly in organometallic chemistry – that is the chemistry of compounds featuring bonds between carbon and a metal. Much of the work of his research group in this area is focussed either on fundamental aspects (such as how to make new types of chemical bond and discover how they react) or on applications of new compounds to real world problems (such as the design of chemical sensors or catalysts). 7 10:00 Prof. Dr. Berthold Hoge, Universität Bielefeld 1994: Diplom, Prof. R. Eujen an der Universität Wuppertal 1997: Promotion, Prof. R. Eujen an der Universität Wuppertal 1997–1998: Postdoktorandenaufenthalt, Prof. K. O. Christe, University of Southern California 1998–2004: Habilitation, Prof. D. Naumann an der Universität zu Köln 2004–2009: Privat-Dozent an der Universität zu Köln 2010: Professor (W2) für Anorg. Chemie an der Universität Bielefeld Für Pentafluorethyl-Element-Verbindungen ergibt sich eine vielfältige und einzigartige Synthesechemie, die Stabilisierung Phosphiniger Säuren, elektronisch stabilisierte Stannylene, Silane als äußerst starke Lewis- Säuren. 10:30 Coffee break 11:00 Dr. Mark R. Crimmin, Imperial College London 2004: Graduated from Imperial College London and completed a MSc under Prof. Aggarwal 2008: Received his PhD in main group chemistry and catalysis from Imperial College London supervised by Prof. Mike Hill and Prof. Tony Barrett 2008: Awarded by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 research fellowship which he took to UC Berkeley 2011: Returned to London as a Royal Society University Research Fellow, initially at UCL and now back at Imperial His current research interests are centered around developing new organometallic catalysts for the activation of small molecules with a specific interest in compounds of the rare-earth and main group elements. 8 11:30 Prof. Dr. Sjoerd Harder, Universität Erlangen- Nürnberg 1990: PhD in Organic Chemistry at the University of Utrecht, Netherlands 1998: Private Lecturer, University of Konstanz 1999: Habilitation in Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry at the University of Konstanz 2004: Professor of Inorganic Chemistry-C3 at the University of Duisburg-Essen 2010: Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Groningen, Netherlands 2012: Chair of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry at the University of Erlangen- Nürnberg Alkaline-Earth Metal Chemistry, Calcium in Polymerization, Chemistry and Catalysis, Hydrocarbon-Soluble Calcium Hydride, Hydrogen Storage Materials. 12:00 Prof. Dr. Michael Whittlesey, University of Bath 1987: BSc at the University of York 1991: PhD at the University of York (supervisors Prof Robin Perutz FRS and Dr Roger Mawby): topic was photochemistry of transition metal hydride complexes 1991–1993: PDRA at the University of Ottawa (Canada) with Prof Tito Scaiano in organic photochemistry 1993–1996: PDRA at the University of York with Prof Robin Perutz FRS – transition metal mediated C-F bond activation 1996–1999: Lecturer at the University of East Anglia Since 1999: University of Bath, made professor in 2011 Transition metal N-heterocyclic carbene complexes for activation / functionalization of small molecules, particularly with ruthenium, nickel and copper. 12:30 Lunch Break 9 14:00 PD Dr. Rajendra Ghadwal, University of Bielefeld 2002–2006: PhD, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur (India) 2007–2008: Post-Doc, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur (India) 2008–2010: Post-Doc, Georg-August-University Göttingen (Germany) 2011–2015: Habilitation, Georg-August- University Göttingen (Germany) Since 2015: PD at University of Bielefeld (Germany) His research activities focus on unconventional carbon donor ligands (design and exploration), organometallic catalysis, compounds with a low- valent main-group elements (B, C, Si in particular), small molecules activation, functionalization and molecular materials for chemical energy storage. 14:30 Dr. Adrian B. Chaplin, University of Warwick 1998–2002: BSc, University of Massey, (New Zealand) 2003–2007: PhD, Docteur ès Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) 2007–2009: Junior Research Fellow, Wadham College, Oxford (UK) 2009–2011: EPSRC funded postdoctoral research assistant, University of Oxford, (UK) Since 2011: Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Warwick, (UK) His current research focuses on synthetic and physical chemistry of late transition metal complexes, particularly in connection with their use in small molecule activation and catalysis. 10 15:00 Prof. Dr. Biprajit Sarkar, Freie University of Berlin 2001: MSc at Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai 2001–2005: PhD in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, (Germany) 2005–2006: Postdoctoral Researcher at Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, (France) 2006–2011: Habilitation in Inorganic Chemistry at University of Stuttgart, (Germany) 2010: Substitute at a W2 Professor's position at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen, (Germany)